I would rather Texas schedule an invitational home game against a nobody (if need be) than a neutral site bowl game

[CHorn427]

I would rather see Texas play a team like Texas State, Houston, TCU literally any Texas team in Austin than see Texas play an exhibition vs a mediocre team in a bowl game. 

If it's about getting backups reps, it would scratch that itch. It could be a celebration of the season at home and would cater to many more fans than the bowl game. Probably more revenue for Texas. Fans could make it a point to show up to the game out of financial support of the team (like the first game of the season against a nobody, which are actually some of my favorites to go to). And the added benefit relative to the first game of the season is it wouldn't be hot as hell. Could keep the party going on all day in Austin. 

Screw exhibition bowls against mediocre teams. 

[CHorn427]

Hell, fans of most teams in Texas not located in Lubbock or College Station would probably rather go to a game in Austin than wherever their teams are going bowling (if they're going bowling at all). 

[BootHorn08]

This makes no sense. Texas would foot almost all costs for this

[CHorn427]

13 minutes ago, BootHorn08 said:

This makes no sense. Texas would foot almost all costs for this

For an average ticket price of $200 for a low estimate of 80,000 people, that is $16 million before sales of anything else. Texas couldn't put on a football game (a la enhanced spring game, which they used to do for free) for $16 million?

[BootHorn08]

Just now, CHorn427 said:

For an average ticket price of $200 for a low estimate of 80,000 people, that is $16 million before sales of anything else. Texas couldn't put on a football game (a la enhanced spring game, which they used to do for free) for $16 million?

Concessions, logistics, staffing, who is gonna broadcast it? You are thinking WAY too small

[CHorn427]

16 minutes ago, BootHorn08 said:

This makes no sense. Texas would foot almost all costs for this

The payout for the Citrus Bowl is on the order of $8 to $10 million, which is split 16 ways between conferences. I would be shocked if the Texas couldn't come out with better profit from this. 

[CHorn427]

1 minute ago, BootHorn08 said:

Concessions, logistics, staffing, who is gonna broadcast it? You are thinking WAY too small

Do you think concessions don't NET Texas money every time they have an event? I think you think Texas gets more money from participating in the Citrus Bowl than they actually do. That is not the benefit. The benefit is the extra practice and playing time for backups, which this scenario could also achieve. 

[GoHorns1]

1 hour ago, CHorn427 said:

I would rather see Texas play a team like Texas State, Houston, TCU literally any Texas team in Austin than see Texas play an exhibition vs a mediocre team in a bowl game. 

If it's about getting backups reps, it would scratch that itch. It could be a celebration of the season at home and would cater to many more fans than the bowl game. Probably more revenue for Texas. Fans could make it a point to show up to the game out of financial support of the team (like the first game of the season against a nobody, which are actually some of my favorites to go to). And the added benefit relative to the first game of the season is it wouldn't be hot as hell. Could keep the party going on all day in Austin. 

Screw exhibition bowls against mediocre teams. 

No national TV coverage. Bad idea. You just described a exhibition spring practice 

[CHorn427]

11 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

No national TV coverage. Bad idea. You just described a exhibition spring practice 

And? I'd be perfectly fine with Texas opting out of a bowl entirely. Livestream the game on the Texas youtube channel for all I care (or OTF!). Blake could do the play by play with Bobby as the color commentator. Gerry could be the sideline reporter, The All American Guy! I would personally pay $200 to go to the game and partake in Bevo Blvd, etc one last time for the season. Get some autographs. Texas could very well make more money from this than the bowl game. 

What's the difference between this exhibition practice and the exhibition practice vs Michigan with many of our starters sitting out? 

[Alex Butler]

I don’t hate the idea but agree that logistically it doesn’t make a lot of sense and we wouldn’t get tv revenue because no network would air the game. I think we go into the citrus bowl with the narrative that we’re treating this like a scrimmage or NFL preseason game and our primary goal is to get guys playing experience and not to play our starters and risk major injury for a meaningless bowl game. Would love to see what Caldwell and the 3 freshman receivers can do on offense and what our young guns look like on defense. 

[CHorn427]

1 minute ago, Alex Butler said:

I don’t hate the idea but agree that logistically it doesn’t make a lot of sense and we wouldn’t get tv revenue because no network would air the game. I think we go into the citrus bowl with the narrative that we’re treating this like a scrimmage or NFL preseason game and our primary goal is to get guys playing experience and not to play our starters and risk major injury for a meaningless bowl game. Would love to see what Caldwell and the 3 freshman receivers can do on offense and what our young guns look like on defense. 

Again, the TV revenue from the Citrus Bowl is like $8 to 10 million split 16 ways. Max $625K. Practically every bowl eligible/non-CFP team from the SEC would be better off doing what I'm talking about. It actually makes sense, too, since no one has spring games anymore. None of the bowl games that people care about historically are available for non-CFP teams anymore. The Poptart, Citrus, Gator, Texas, Sun, etc can go the way of the dodo as far as I'm concerned. 

[GetHooked]

1 hour ago, CHorn427 said:

I would rather see Texas play a team like Texas State, Houston, TCU literally any Texas team in Austin than see Texas play an exhibition vs a mediocre team in a bowl game. 

If it's about getting backups reps, it would scratch that itch. It could be a celebration of the season at home and would cater to many more fans than the bowl game. Probably more revenue for Texas. Fans could make it a point to show up to the game out of financial support of the team (like the first game of the season against a nobody, which are actually some of my favorites to go to). And the added benefit relative to the first game of the season is it wouldn't be hot as hell. Could keep the party going on all day in Austin. 

Screw exhibition bowls against mediocre teams. 

I will respectfully disagree.  To me it's playoffs or disinterest.  (BTW, I'm not interested in bowl games either.)

Edited 9 minutes ago by GetHooked

[CHorn427]

3 minutes ago, GetHooked said:

I will respectfully disagree.  To me it's playoffs or disinterest.  (BTW, I'm not interested in bowl games either.)

If you’re interested in the playoffs, you should be interested in two things as well (in addition to many others):

1) revenue for the football program

2) extra practice for the players 

The bowl games provide the second, and I think what I’m proposing could provide both #1 and #2 and more of #1 than the bowl game